Dokuho Kouya's Opinion, Yuki Himeno's Decision, It's Windy Outside

Nighttime.

The boy and girl walked toward the dormitory.

Yuki Himeno tilted her head slightly, her pretty face showing a moment of hesitation before she finally couldn't help but speak up.

"Dokuho Kouya, why did you suggest that the Student Council President tighten the restrictions on violent behavior?"

The audience watching the animation in the real world were unaware of the request Dokuho Kouya had made.

But Yuki Himeno, who was on the scene, had heard clearly what Dokuho had demanded of the Student Council President.

To increase the penalties for violence, provocation, and similar behaviors.

For example, what might have originally resulted in a one-week suspension and a 10-point deduction for the class could now become a one-month suspension, a 50-point deduction, and potentially even personal point penalties.

Furthermore, in cases of mutual fighting, the party deemed to be the provocateur would receive even harsher punishment; if that person not only provoked but also struck first, the penalty would be compounded on top of the original.

Yuki Himeno couldn't understand it.

Having finally caught the Student Council President in a compromising position, he should have taken the opportunity to blackmail him.

Yet Dokuho Kouya only asked the Student Council President to strengthen the supervision and punishment of violence and provocation, which was truly baffling.

Dokuho Kouya had anticipated the girl's confusion and calmly posed a question to her, "Do you know Kakeru Ryuen from Class C?"

"Uh..." Yuki Himeno paused for a moment, then shook her head, "I don't."

She rarely concerned herself with matters outside her own class and had never heard the name Kakeru Ryuen.

"Kakeru Ryuen is the leader of Class C, and he rules his class through violence."

Dokuho Kouya said slowly, "This school's tolerance for violence is higher than you imagine. If we don't take precautions in advance, our class is very likely to be dragged down by Kakeru Ryuen."

In the original story, Kakeru Ryuen had targeted the original Class B, leading Class C into numerous conflicts with them.

Facing such an offensive, the original Class B had basically no way to fight back and had a significant number of class points deducted.

After the midterm exams, while every class should have received 100 class points from the school, the original Class B and Class C had remained stagnant, with almost no increase.

Seeing that the original Class B could not resolve Kakeru Ryuen's offensive, Dokuho Kouya knew this was his chance to prove himself.

He had originally intended to go through the proper channels to find the Student Council and spend some personal points to apply for a change to the rules.

But since he had happened to run into the scene of Manabu Horikita bullying his sister, he simply made the request to Manabu Horikita on the spot.

As for the points required to change the school rules, he naturally left it to Manabu Horikita to pay.

"In other words, you did this for the sake of the class?"

Hearing what the boy said, Yuki Himeno's eyes brightened, and a faint smile appeared on her pretty face.

She knew it; Dokuho Kouya only claimed not to care about the class with his words.

But if anything were to happen to the class, he would certainly step in to help.

Just like this time, before Kakeru Ryuen of Class C had even made a move, Dokuho Kouya had already applied to the Student Council President to change the school rules, effectively disarming the opponent.

"I actually have other motives; the class is just a side benefit."

"Since Dokuho Kouya says so, I'll just take it as that."

Yuki Himeno pursed her lips slightly; in her view, this was just the boy being stubborn.

But in reality, Dokuho Kouya did indeed have other thoughts.

By anticipating Kakeru Ryuen's actions in advance, while others in the class were agonizing over how to deal with his offensive, he had already devised a solution and made preparations with ease.

If the audience were to find out about this, it would certainly increase his popularity rating.

As for the class, it really was just a side benefit.

Nighttime.

The upper floors of the student dormitory.

In front of Honami Ichinose's room.

Yuki Himeno stood quietly in the hallway, her purple eyes gazing absently at the starry sky in the distance.

A gentle breeze blew, ruffling her purple twin-tails, but it could not blow away her melancholy.

"Do I really need to report these things to Honami Ichinose?"

Yuki Himeno rested her cheek on one hand, recalling what Dokuho Kouya had said before they parted.

Her own thinking leaned more toward the rational and practical; if she could offer suggestions to Honami Ichinose, the class would become much stronger.

Yuki Himeno felt she wasn't that capable, but there was no reason for Dokuho Kouya to lie to her, so she could only take it seriously for now.

"I hope Honami Ichinose won't dislike me."

Yuki Himeno muttered to herself.

"Eh, why would I dislike Yuki?"

The girl's lively voice rang out from behind her.

Yuki Himeno was startled and quickly turned around, only to see the cute girl with long pink hair as expected.

"I-Ichinose... you've misunderstood, I wasn't speaking ill of you."

Communicating alone with the most popular student in the class made Yuki Himeno feel somewhat nervous.

"Yuki, you don't need to be afraid."

Noticing that Yuki Himeno was somewhat incoherent, Honami Ichinose said with a smile, "I believe in you."

It wasn't that she believed Yuki Himeno hadn't spoken ill of her.

It was simply that she believed in the words Yuki Himeno had spoken.

Hearing Honami Ichinose's reassurance, the somewhat lethargic girl finally calmed down and said, feeling a bit embarrassed, "Sorry, I've made a fool of myself in front of you."

She had been mentally preparing herself since just a moment ago, even thinking about what kind of opening line she would use once she met Honami Ichinose.

Yet, after actually encountering her, she couldn't remember a thing, and all the preparations she had made had gone to waste.

"Come to think of it, don't you suffer from migraines, Yuki?"

Honami Ichinose blinked her beautiful eyes and said with concern, "It would be best not to stand out here in the wind; you should go get some rest early."

Just as she had said.

She believed in Yuki Himeno.

Since Yuki Himeno said she had migraines, Honami Ichinose naturally wouldn't doubt it; instead, she was worried about Yuki Himeno's health.

Hearing these words of concern, Yuki Himeno quickly shook her head to explain, "Ichinose, actually, I don't have any migraines at all."

"I only pretended to have headaches to avoid the gathering; in reality, there's absolutely nothing wrong with me."

She really wanted to just return to her dormitory like this.

But thinking that her suggestion might actually be able to help the class, she chose to continue standing in front of Honami Ichinose.

"Ichinose, I have something I want to tell you."

Yuki Himeno took a deep breath, gathered her courage, and bit the bullet as she said, "Regarding class matters, I have another method I'd like to discuss with you."

"Class matters?"

Seeing that the girl's impression was different from before, Honami Ichinose was a bit puzzled, but she still responded with a bright smile, "Yuki, just call me Honami."

"The wind is quite strong out here; let's go back to the dormitory to talk."